North Carolina (18-11, 11-6 ACC) vs. Miami (6-22, 2-15 ACC)
Saturday, March 1 — Noon
Chapel Hill, N.C. — Smith Center
TV: ESPN (Dave O'Brien, Jon Crispin)
Radio: Tar Heels Sports Network (Jones Angell, Tyler Hansbrough)
UNC Tar Heels:
Cadeau #3 P = 90, E -= 100, I = 0, X = 50
Davis #4 P = 40, E = 0, I = 40, X = 40
Jackson #11 P = 100, E = 70, I = 0, X = 50
Washington #13 P = 10, E = 100, I = 0, X = 5
Powell #9 P = 100, E = 70, I = 25, X = 60
Trimble #7 P = 55, E = 95, I = 40, X = 45
Withers #24 P = 100, E = 20, I = 0, X = 50
Lubin #22 P = 90, E = 100, I = 25, X = 55
Claude #0 P = 0, E = 30, I = 100, X = 50
Brown #2 P = 100, E = 20, I = 55, X = 75
Tyson #5 P = 100, E = 100, I = 25, X = 60
Coach Davis Wisdom = 40
Miami Hurricanes
1 Lynn Kidd P = 55, E = 5/, I = 0, X = 25
2 Brandon Johnson P = 100, E = 10, I = 30, X = 65
3 Jalil Bethea P = 5, E = 80, I = 60, X = 30
11 A.J. Staton-McCray N/A
99 Divine Ugochukwu P = 95, E = 50, I = 85, X = 90
23 AUSTIN SWARTZ P = 30, E = 100, I = 0
10 PAUL DJOBET P = 0, E = 0, I = 90, X = 45
15 KIREE HUIE 6-9, 1.5, 1 Sr
Coach Bill Courtney Wisdom = 50
Look-In: This hurricane has been little more than a soft breeze so far this season. There is little reason to imagine anything different today in Chapel Hill. Miami’s best have checked out it seems – Nigel Pack hasn’t played since early in the season and Matt Cleveland has missed the last two games, leaving Lynn Kidd as their leading scorer (11.5 ppg) and rebounder (7.5 rpg). He’s not versatile and all of his points come from close-in. Brandon Johnson at 6-8 plays a forward slot and garners 7.7 ppg and rebounds for 6.5. The guards are Jalil Bethea (Fr, 6-5, 7 ppg), A.J. Staton-McCray (6-4, 7.5 ppg), and All-Namer Divine Ugochukwu (Fr, 6-2, 5.5 ppg). Concord’s Austin Swartz comes off the bench to score 5.3 per game. This team beat Notre Dame and Syracuse this year along with Fairleigh Dickinson, Coppin State, and Binghampton along with someone else. The only thing these guys do well is shoot free throws.
Frontcourt: Lubin is strong and fired up and Washington is only fired. James Brown has some solid looks. Hope that he gets some minutes. Claude is a smart guy.
Wings: Jackson is athletic and maybe more important, he’s got a good deal of ‘want to.’ Powell matches Jackson. Withers is there with them save the enthusiasm.
Guards: Cadeau is physical and fired. R.J. Davis appears subdued. Seth Trimble has good all-arounds.
Overall: Carolina is below the fold intellectually today. Smart is not on the chart. There is a good deal of athleticism on the other hand of the soaring kind and the Positivity quotient is also high. The low Intel Arc puts some extra burden on the coaches to make the right calls with line-ups today. There may be thoughtless fouls and random passes and subbing to curtail both will be important. The prognostication looks pretty sloppy in truth. That said, the positive energy of the main nine (save Davis and Withers) is high so the first ten minutes just may be a whirlwind. Team effort appears in the cards, no one too far above or below the others. Very athletic but not that clever. Las Vegas calls it Carolina by 18.5. The Biorhythms go with UNC by 20.